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How does the game fit the theme?
Every piece on the board is identical, and one of them is wearing your own
moves as a disguise — while it can see you, it copies exactly what you just
did. So the crowd cannot be trusted.
But neither can you. The thing that gets you caught is your own trail: the
longer you stand and watch someone, the more you expose yourself, and when
the meter fills the mimic stops pretending and comes for you. And you only
get two accusations, so trusting a hunch too early ends the run just as
fast as never trusting one.
Trust no one — including your own reading of the board.
What code and assets did you not make from scratch during the jam (if any)?
Made during the jam by me: all art (board, pieces, menu, labels, logo),
all game design and all code.
Not made from scratch:
Sound effects and music - Pixabay
Font - Inter by Rasmus Andersson
Engine - Godot 4.7
How many people worked on the game?1
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Very nice concept!
This was pretty fun. I like the visuals and the movement in the game felt fluid. I'm not much of a chess player, but I still got a kick out of it.
As a chess player this immediately caught my attention. This game is one of my favorites from this jam so far. Really cool concept and interesting gameplay. It really challenges you to be attentive and precise. Also the visual and sound design is really good.
Very quick and clever game. Everything felt polished and the idea was fun! I am biased towards liking the theme haha. The escalation of difficulty was interesting, the shrinking of the influence circle / amount of moves really did make force you to think about where you were going. Great work!
Love the chess aesthetic for the theme and was very original!
I rlly enjoyed it. Very original
Now this is quite inventive! Found it quite challenging. Nice simple presentation as well! Come see my Mimic game :)
Very cool gameplay mechanic, loved it
Interesting game.
Cool concept, got faked
Really fun game about chess, it's really fun and creative and is really replayable.
Im a chess guy so I clicked immediately. And to my surprise it was more fun. Could def see this being something I would play while on the toilet lol. Love it. I would appreciate if you check out my game and rate it too :). Mine is https://weazel1.itch.io/lieght-the-way
Very clean visuals and really innovative idea. Awesome job!
This game really impressed me. The gameplay is fun, tense, and surprisingly innovative. The visuals are simple but clean and fit the aesthetic perfectly. If chess were a live-service game, this would be the limited-time mode that all players would love and want to see made permanent. Good job!
the idea is great
It reminded me of the children education chess book, now I see what these 'unnatural chess' situations prepared me for, haha! Also have to notice simple and nice animations, would be great if mimic's behavior would have the more chess-like logic, but game is still fun and have its challenge, GJ!